Professional Reading Shelf
Censorship
Source: ALA
Heads Up: Banned Books Week Begins Saturday
See Also: The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000
See Also: The Most Frequently Challenged Authors of 2003
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Academic Libraries
Source: The Daily Nebraskan
Librarians sign on to Internet help sessions
Several times a week we seem to come across articles about libraries and librarians that do nothing but reinforce stereotypes. That’s why it was so refreshing to read this one.
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Audiobooks
Source: Link-Up Digital
Downloading Audiobooks
Review of subscription service Audible.com, including information on file formats and compatible players.
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Digitization Projects
Source: Washington Square News (NYU)
NYU, tech corp. to create database of Afghan books
“The NYU Division of Libraries is working with the Middle Eastern studies department, the Center for Near Eastern Studies and the Center on International Cooperation to create the Afghanistan Digital Library. The program began after the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001 as an effort to contribute to the rebuilding of Afghanistan, said Robert McChesney, temporary project editor and a Middle Eastern studies professor.”
See Also: NYU to make archive software (via Washington Square News)

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